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Engineering complex adaptations in highly heterogeneous distributed systems

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Gordon S. Blair,

Carlos Flores Cortes,

Nelly BencomoAuthors Info & Claims

Autonomics '08: Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Autonomic Computing and Communication Systems

Article No.: 27, Pages 1 - 10

Published: 23 September 2008 Publication History

Abstract

Distributed systems now encounter extreme heterogeneity in the form of diverse devices, network types etc., and also need to dynamically adapt to changing environmental conditions. Self-adaptive middleware is ideally situated to address these challenges. However, developing such software is a complex task. In this paper, we present the Gridkit self approach to the engineering of reflective middleware; this embraces state of the art software engineering practices, and flexible dynamic adaptation mechanisms to better support system developers. Domain specific frameworks are modeled and developed to enhance configurability and reconfigurability. We evaluate this approach using case studies in the domains of service discovery and network overlays. These demonstrate the benefits of the approach in terms of aiding and simplifying the process of creating self-configuring and self-adaptive software.

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Szvetits MZdun U(2018)Systematic literature review of the objectives, techniques, kinds, and architectures of models at runtimeSoftware and Systems Modeling (SoSyM)10.1007/s10270-013-0394-915:1(31-69)Online publication date: 21-Dec-2018
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1007/s10270-013-0394-9
Bencomo N(2009)On the use of software models during software executionProceedings of the 2009 ICSE Workshop on Modeling in Software Engineering10.1109/MISE.2009.5069899(62-67)Online publication date: 17-May-2009
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1109/MISE.2009.5069899

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Engineering complex adaptations in highly heterogeneous distributed systems
1. Software and its engineering
  1. Software organization and properties
    1. Software system structures
      1. Software architectures

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Autonomics '08: Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Autonomic Computing and Communication Systems

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Szvetits MZdun U(2018)Systematic literature review of the objectives, techniques, kinds, and architectures of models at runtimeSoftware and Systems Modeling (SoSyM)10.1007/s10270-013-0394-915:1(31-69)Online publication date: 21-Dec-2018
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1007/s10270-013-0394-9
Bencomo N(2009)On the use of software models during software executionProceedings of the 2009 ICSE Workshop on Modeling in Software Engineering10.1109/MISE.2009.5069899(62-67)Online publication date: 17-May-2009
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1109/MISE.2009.5069899

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